Let there be light!

on etsy.com your photos are everything! i mean everything! if you have crappy photos the item won't sell. if you have crappy photos people won't put your stuff in the treasuries. so i am determined to take better pictures of my stuff.

i read on someone's blog- now i can't even remember who and i really should give her credit- that you can make a "light box" to photograph you product. it's like a mini photostudio, with a direct light source. that way you don't need to use a flash and the light is even. supposed to look very professional. with nothing to loose but an hour of my time cutting up a cardboard box, i decided to make one. luckily for me- i already had a great even light source- the portable light desk that was collecting dust in my studio-

so- a cut off the top flaps of a strudy cardboard box- and laid it on it's side. i cut a large hole in the top. i laid in some white cardboard to help reflect the light on all sides and cut a piece of nubby linen fabric as a drape. Voila! I have a light box.

I re-shot a bunch of items that were on Etsy and not going anywhere. ( Probably, the really bad photos, who knows...) I'm going to up load them and see what happens. You be the judge- does my product have a more professional presentation??